Helen Mirren has a reputation for shutting down sexism, and it seems she’s been at it for a very long time, as evident in a recently unearthed 1975 interview on Michael Parkinson’s long-running talk show. At the time, Mirren was 30 and already an established stage actress and a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Parkinson then began the interview by saying, “You are, in quotes, a serious actress.”“In quotes?” asked Mirren. “What do you mean in quotes? “I mean what a crummy performance if people are obsessed with the size of your bosom over anything else.

Source: National Post August 23, 2016 14:48 UTC